TRENTON, New Jersey, May 21 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: The New Jersey School Boards Association released a special report exploring issues involved in the reopening of schools following the closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "In the two months since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of our public schools, New Jersey's education community has made a valiant effort to transition our students to digital learning," said Dr. Lawrence  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 19 -- The American Journal of Human Biology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features human biology including epidemiology, genetic variation, population biology and demography, physiology, anatomy, nutrition, growth and aging, physical performance, physical activity and fitness, ecology and evolution from the Human Biology Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May/June 2020 edition: * Shortened telomere length is associated with u  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, May 20 -- The American Neurological Association issued the following news release: We're proud to officially share information about our two new educational offerings: ANA Highlights and ANA Webinars. Keep reading for details regarding each of these programs. ANA Highlights is a new bite size learning program from the ANA. Our inaugural module is available to the public on the ANA website, and eligible modules are designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)(TM). ANA m  more

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, May 22 -- Annals of Neurology, a journal from the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society that says it publishes the mechanisms and treatment of diseases of the human nervous system, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Antiepileptic Drug Teratogenicity and De Novo Genetic Variation Load * Blood Pressure Goals and Clinical Outcomes after Successful Endovascular Therapy: A Multicenter Study * Different  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 23 -- Birth, a journal that says it features practices in the care of childbearing women, infants and families, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Women's experiences and satisfaction with having a cesarean birth: An integrative review ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * What are the costs of stillbirth? Capturing the direct health care and macroeconomic costs in Australia * Maternal religion and breastfeeding intention and practice in   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 19 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release on May 18: Campaign Legal Center, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, the NAACP New Jersey State Conference, and an individual New Jersey voter, asking for relief for voters from the state's flawed ballot signature match requirements. As New Jersey continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic,  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 22 -- Clinical Transplantation, a journal that says it aims to serve as a channel for those involved in the care of patients who require, or have had, organ or tissue transplants (including kidney, intestine, liver, pancreas, islets, heart, heart valves, lung, bone marrow, cornea, skin, bone and cartilage), published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Differential gene expression in non-adherent heart transplant survivors: Implications   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 20 -- Public Funds Public Schools issued the following news: Despite the clarion call for more resources for our public schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has renewed efforts to spend scarce public funds on private education. This month, the U.S Department of Education (USED) released details of the "microgrant" program that Secretary DeVos first announced at one of President Trump's coronavirus press conferences. These microgrants, which will be funded by  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 22 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: The latest additions to NJSBA's COVID-19 Resource Center (www.njsba.org/COVID-19) include NJSBA's special report on school reopening, a guidance document on restarting high school sports, a webinar series on the role of social-emotional learning and the arts during this challenging period, and information CARES Act funding. Searching for the New Normal: A Special Report on the Reopening o  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 20 -- Development, Growth and Differentiation, a journal that says it deals with phenomena in animals, plants and microorganisms, including molecular, biophysical, biochemical and morphological analyses from the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Developmental regulation of olfactory circuit formation in mice ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Efficiently accumulating germ-like stem   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 23 -- Diversity and Distributions, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features conservation of biodiversity, application of island biogeographic principles, developing paradigms, models and frameworks for risk assessment, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Combining geostatistical and biotic interaction model to predict amphibian refuges under crayfish invasion across dendritic stream networks * Context dependency  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release: As New Jersey examines its energy future, the region's competitive power markets can spur progress while keeping costs low, said the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) in comments filed in response to a March New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' (BPU) inquiry. "Competitive power markets should be recognized as the best mechanism to achieve state clean energy goals--not an inhibitor to them," wr  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 18 -- Environmetrics, a journal that says it features techniques, methods and theories that solve environmental problems from the International Environmetrics Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Bayesian spatial analysis of hardwood tree counts in forests via MCMC * Hidden Markov random field models applied to color homogeneity evaluation in dyed textile images * Modeling sea-level processes on the U.S. Atl  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 19 -- Evolutionary Applications, a peer-reviewed journal that says it addresses biological questions of health, social and economic relevance, including medicine, agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental sciences, climate change and invasion biology, microbiology and toxicology, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Better off alone? Compared performance of monoclonal and polyclonal stands of a cult  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement on May 16 by State Director Matt Smith: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rejected the permits sought by Transco Williams to build its Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE), which included a fracked gas pipeline into Raritan Bay and a large compressor station in Franklin. The action follows yesterday's decision by the Cuomo administration to reject the New York segment of the project.  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 19 -- Freshwater Biology, a journal that focuses on the ecology of inland surface waters, including connected ground waters, flood plains and freshwater wetlands, micro-organisms, algae and macrophytes, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Modelling patterns of coexistence of three congeneric headwater fishes * Lasting through the ice age: The role of the proglacial refugia in the maintenance of genetic diversity, population g  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 19 -- Global Change Biology Bioenergy, a journal that says it promotes understanding of the interface between biological and environmental sciences and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Allelopathic and intraspecific growth competition effects establishment of direct sown Miscanthus * Cut-and-chip harvester material capacity and fuel performance on comm  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 19 -- Global Change Biology-Bioenergy, a journal that focuses on the understanding of the interface between biological and environmental sciences and the production of fuels from plants, algae and waste, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Allelopathic and intraspecific growth competition effects establishment of direct sown Miscanthus * Cut-and-chip harvester material capacity and fuel performance on commercial-scal  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on May 18: The League of Women Voters of New Jersey filed a lawsuit in partnership with the NAACP New Jersey State Conference, an individual New Jersey voter, Campaign Legal Center, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP, asking for relief for voters from the state's flawed ballot signature match requirements which, each election, often impacts at least one percent of all m  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 22 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: The latest additions to NJSBA's COVID-19 Resource Cener (www.njsba.org/COVID-19) address the reopening of schools and guidance on remote public and executive sessions. Code of Conduct for Remote School Board Meetings (https://www.njsba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Board-of-Education-Code-of-Conduct-for-Remote-Meetings.jb-003.docx) NJSBA's Field Services staff has developed a sample Code  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 22 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy on May 7 recognized the achievements of the state's 261,000 children who receive special education instruction and services and the work of the teachers, parents, school administrators and others who support them by proclaiming "Special Education Week in New Jersey," May 10-16, 2020. "We thank Governor Murphy for spotlighting our special education students, their teac  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 19 -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release: ETS announced the introduction of TOEFL ITP (R) Plus for China, a temporary testing solution for Chinese test takers impacted by TOEFL iBT (R) test cancellations in Mainland China stemming from COVID-19. TOEFL ITP Plus for China combines the TOEFL ITP test and an unscored video speaking interview provided by Vericant, an established, known provider of third-party interviews for higher education use.   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. issued the following news release: New Jersey Senator Cory Booker introduced the Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act to expand immigrants' access to crucial and comprehensive health care, marking the bill's first-ever introduction in the Senate. SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change joins 215 organizations in supporting this legislation. Our nation's current public health  more

SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, May 23 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: For Warren Township Police Chief William Keane, helping people is in his blood. His daughter, Lauren, is a nurse at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility. When she was asked to help in the Intensive Care Unit after the COVID-19 outbreak began, Chief Keane wanted to do something for the local hospital that serves our community. Lauren had an idea. "She had suggeste  more